Regular readers of the forum will already know this...but the winner of CaleyThistleOnline's Player of the Year award is.....(drumroll please)....
...ROMAN GOLOBART!!!!
The Spanish defender, on loan from Wigan Athletic, takes the trophy having been voted man of the match on nine occasions, and earning Player of the Month honours in December and March. Not bad for a player who only turned 20 in March, and who marked his debut for the club in August by tripping over the ball and gifting Aberdeen a goal!
As you'd expect from a young man still learning his trade, Roman made a few mistakes along the way, not least his spectacular own goal against Kilmarnock, but his strength, attitude and composure in possession suggest he has a bright future in the game. Hopefully he can be persuaded to return to the Highlands next season, so that once more we have a player named 'Golly' to cheer for!
Golobart finished the season with 52 points, thirteen ahead of Graeme Shinnie who led the table for most of the season. Veteran Ross Tokely managed to squeeze into the bronze medal position with a strong end to the campaign.
Many thanks to all who voted - we hit a total of exactly one thousand votes over the whole campaign, ranging from 48 for the home win over Hearts in January to the six hardy souls who gave us their opinion on a Monday night defeat at Tannadice.
Roman becomes the 12th different player to win the award in the 12 seasons we have run it and the first loanee to have received it .... Not a bad side either if you put all the winners together in a team in a 4-5-1 !!! Esson, Golabek, Mann, Golabart, Tokely, Wilson, Cowie, Black, Hayes, Robson, Dargo with Keogh as the sub !
| Player of the Year Points ~ Final Standings : 2011/12 (Player of Month also highlighted in monthly column) | ||||||||||||
| Player | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB |
MAR
| APR | MAY | TOTAL |
| Roman Golobart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 52 |
| Graeme Shinnie | 0 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Ross Tokely | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 35 |
| Richie Foran | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| Greg Tansey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31 |
| Ryan Esson | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| Jonny Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| Gregory Tade | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Kenny Gillet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| David Davis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 17 |
| Andrew Shinnie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Billy McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Aaron Doran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| Steve Williams | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Nick Ross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jonny Tuffey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Meekings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Owain Tudur-Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Shane Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Gavin Morrison | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Piermayr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Hogg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Players of the Year - All Time | |
| Month | Player |
| 2000-2001 | Bobby Mann |
| 2001-2002 | Barry Robson |
| 2002-2003 | Stuart Golabek |
| 2003-2004 | Liam Keogh |
| 2004-2005 | Ross Tokely |
| 2005-2006 | Craig Dargo |
| 2006-2007 | Barry Wilson |
| 2007-2008 | Don Cowie |
| 2008-2009 | Ian Black |
| 2009-2010 | Jonny Hayes |
| 2010-2011 | Ryan Esson |
| 2011-2012 | Roman Golobart |
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